Top CMAT Colleges in India: Check Cut Offs 2025 and Fees
Common Management Admission Test 2026 ( CMAT )
CMAT 2025 score is the main criteria for admission to top MBA colleges in India. Check here the list of top CMAT colleges and their admission cut offs 2025. Read on.
Top CMAT colleges in India - CMAT exam is a gateway to more than 1,300 MBA colleges in India. Being a national level MBA entrance exam, CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE approved institutions. With so many private as well as government institutes accepting CMAT exam scores, it can be difficult to choose the right college. So what are the criteria to select an MBA college on the basis of CMAT score?
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While selecting an MBA college that accepts CMAT score, candidates must consider their preferred course, recognition, eligibility criteria, location, selection process, course fees, infrastructure, pedagogy, faculty and placements record. MBA admission also depends on CMAT cut off percentile, so they should also pay attention to that. They should apply to only those colleges, whose CMAT cut offs they meet.
The B-Schools admit students by shortlisting them based on their performance in CMAT, Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI). CMAT 2025 qualifiers who are planning to pursue a PG management course this academic session, must shortlist top MBA colleges accepting CMAT score based on their score and admission parameters. Read this article for CMAT Colleges list and:
- Factors Determining CMAT Cut Offs 2025
- Top MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT: Cut Offs and Fees
- CMAT: Best Colleges city-wise
- CMAT Selection Procedure and Admission Criteria 2025
Factors Determining CMAT Cut Offs 2025
Top MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT: Cut Offs and Fees
The CMAT top colleges list given below includes names, expected cut offs and fees of top MBA colleges accepting CMAT scores. These cut offs are estimations thus, candidates must see this table for CMAT accepting colleges with their cut off and fees as reference.
| Colleges accepting CMAT score |
Expected CMAT Cut Off (2025)* |
Tuition Fee (Approx.)** |
|---|---|---|
| 99.92 percentile |
INR 6.00 to 7.00 lakh |
|
| 99.85 percentile |
INR 4.28 to 20.50 lakh |
|
| 99.20 percentile |
INR 17.30 lakh |
|
| 99.06 percentile |
INR 9.00 to 11.00 lakh |
|
| 95 percentile |
INR 8.90 lakh |
|
| 85 percentile |
INR 15.90 lakh |
|
| 85 percentile |
INR 9.65 lakh |
|
| 85 percentile |
INR 16.5 lakh |
|
| 82 percentile |
INR 1.40 to 14.80 lakh |
|
| 75 percentile |
INR 13.00 to 14.00 lakh |
|
| 75 percentile |
INR 5.50 lakh |
|
| 75 percentile |
INR 2.30 lakh |
|
| 75 percentile |
INR 11.00 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 7.70 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 11.00 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 11.00 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 7.95 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 8.40 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 8.00 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 8.48 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 6.00 lakh |
|
| 80 percentile |
INR 13.60 lakh |
|
| 75 percentile |
INR 13.50 lakh |
|
| 60 percentile |
INR 5.58 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 2.20 lakh |
|
| 80 percentile |
INR 4.70 lakh |
|
| 80 percentile |
INR 7.50 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 4.85 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 5.60 lakh |
|
| 75 percentile |
INR 4.00 lakh |
|
| 70 percentile |
INR 6.00 lakh |
|
| 60 percentile |
INR 8.25 lakh |
|
| 60 percentile |
INR 7.00 lakh |
* These are speculative cut offs for reference purpose only.
** Fees mentioned in the table is from previous academic session. It is liable to change in the new academic session.
CMAT: Best Colleges city-wise
Candidates can check from the list below, CMAT top colleges in their preferred city.
Also Read: MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT score
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 3 weeks ago
CMAT is one of the top accepted exams for admission to MBA-offering universities, including AURO University. As per official sources, the CMAT exam has already been conducted for the 2025 session. The exam was conducted on Jan 25, 2025 by the National Testing Agency. The exam for the 2026 session i
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Answered 3 weeks ago
The admissions into MBA courses at Marwadi University have been concluded in the year 2025. Hence, candidates can no longer apply for admissions into the MBA course at Marwadi University in the year 2025. The CMAT exam for the year 2025 has also been concluded for this year. Candidates must now wait
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Answered 3 weeks ago
No, candidates do not have to mandatorily appear for the CMAT entrance exam for MBA in Business Analytics at Marwadi University. Candidates can apply for MBA admissions through any of the national level entrance exam such as CAT, XAT, ATMA and more. However, during admissions into the MBA in Busines
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Answered a month ago
Yes, it is possible to get an MBA seat at CET Trivandrum with a valid CMAT score. The institute accepts CAT, CMAT, and KMAT scores for MBA admissions. Thus, students who did not appear for CMAT or did not score well can apply via KMAT or CAT scores. Students are selected for the programme after eval
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Answered a month ago
No, CMAT scores are not compulsory for admissions to the MBA course at Sabarmati University. Because the university accepts CMAT/ CAT or any other entrance exam accepted by the counselling body. Thus, applicants with CMAT scores can get admission to the MBA course. However, it is not compulsory. App
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Answered a month ago
No, getting admission into SGSITS MBA courses is not possible without taking CUET. For admission to its MBA courses, the institute only accepts valid CMAT scores. Other than this, it is also essential that students aspiring to enrol into the programme meet the eligibility criteria prescribed by the
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Answered a month ago
CMAT is one of the top accepted exams for admission to MBA-offering colleges in Indore, including SGSITS. As per official sources, the CMAT exam has already been conducted for the 2025 session. The exam was conducted on Jan 25, 2025 by the National Testing Agency. The exam for the 2026 session is e
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
GK is memory based, so all that you need to do is memorise important events and occurrences. So, candidates may not need a lot of time to prepare for CMAT GK. They can devote one or two months for it. On daily basis, they can read Year Books for one hour to memorise events. Apart from that they can
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
CMAT RC passages are easy. Candidates need not worry about RCs in CMAT because they are short and pretty much straight forward. Questions are fact based and generally require candidates to identify the main argument/theme/idea of the passage. Sometimes, there are a few vocabulary and idiom based que
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
Yes, it is necessary to attempt GK section in CMAT as unlike other MBA entrance exams, scores of GK are included in percentile calculation in CMAT. Total number of GK questions in 20 and attempting 8-10 questions correctly, can get the candidate desired sectional cut off in CMAT. So, while preparing
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